Hydrocarbon burner



c. R. KITTLE H-YDROCARBON BURNER Mar. 1.3-, 1923. 1,448,223

Filed Aug. 17, 1921 "2 sheets-sheet 1 A TTORNEY.

Mar. 13, 1923. 1,448,223

' C. R. KITTLE HYDROCARBON BURNER Filed Aug. 17, 1921 2 sheets-sheet '2 "A TTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 13, 1923 l t .5; PATENT CHARLES RIKI'I'TLE, BESIDING NEAR more, cALIroRivIA; ASSIGNOR roe. E. HARPHAM, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

UNITED,

" HYDROCARBON BURNER.

, Application filed August 17, 1921.;' Serial No. 492,943.

To all 10 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. KITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing near Indio, in the county of Riverside, State of .5, California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon Burners, of

,which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to a burner designed to burn crude hydrocarbonv oil associated 10 with steam or compressed air and the object thereof is to produce a burner ofv varying;

' capacity which is partly manuallycontrolled and partly automatic in operation.

I The burner illustratedin the drawings 15 forming, a part of this application is designed for use in a'locomotive engine and will be so described although my burner can be used in the fire box of any steam 1 boiler plant.

2 In the lower member of the head is In the drawings Fig. 1 isa topplan of my bar 47 isadjustably connectedte member vertical-chamber 11 that is connected by:

- pipe 12 to a source ofcrude oil supply, not

shown. Resting upon member 10 is a partition which is composed ofabottom or port 30 plate13 and resting upon the port plate is i a chamber plate 14-which in the illustrajustably. mounted j on rod 52 and is held in adjusted positionthereojn by set'screw. 53.

tion shows three chambers, the oneginythe,

center being larger than the outside chambers. The center chamber-15 will be called the main chamber and theoutside chambore 16 and 17 will be called the starting or pilot chambersj Plate 13 has one perforation or port 19 extending therethrough which opens into chamber 16, three ports 20 therethrough which open into chamber 15 and one port 21 therethrough which opens into chamber 17. On the top of plate 14 is the top member or cap 22. Extending through member 22 and through plates 13 and 14 and screwing into member 10 are the connection bolts 23 which unite the different parts of the head. There is some clearance around these bolts in member 22 as best shown in Fig. 3, and in plate 14. A transverse channel 24 is bored from one side in cap 22 so as to connect the vertical holes 25. A transverse channel 26 is bored from the other side so as toopen into vertical hole 27. A pipe 28 is connected into chan-i-i' nel 24 and runs to and is connected into under'ordinary running conditions onlythe 0F ON -HALF ber 33 therein in which is. mounted poppet valve 34 which controls channel 32 ashereafterflexplained. .:Valve .34 has stem 35 which extends into spring casing 36. ln casing 36 isa coil spring 37 which bears against the end of stem 35. Atensioning screw 38 6 tensions the spring-. ,Chamber 33 isco nlnected by .pipe39with channel 26. .Head 30 has another channel 40 therein which crosses channel 29 at right angles,-; .;A.stem;4 1 passes through channel40 anjdgcarries; ajvalve 42 I on its inner-endr -whichcontrols channel; 40, A steam supply pipe .43 connects ch annel I 40 which. is enlarged vto jreceive the, pipe; and chamber valve 42 with the steam'dome of the boiler not shown. Stem 41 hasalhead.v

which passes a curved controlibar 47on'e end i of which ispivotally connected tome nber 48 ofpthe control .lever' 49. The-other end of .50 of lever 49. A slot 51in member50 pro .videsjforthe adjustment ofbar 47;.at, that end, thereby regulatingjthe throw =-'of-,the

bar as .hereafiterexpliainedu- Lever 49; is ad-f Rod, .52 has fi-igidlyygmountedthereon an i arm;54 which is connected. bylink 55 .with. arm 56 connected tothe oil yalve'stopper 57 which is mounted in val've casing 58 on p p 2- I Operation. I

It will be understood that for ordinary running .conditions spring 37 is tensioned to prevent valve 34 from operating and the engine is run by the fuel issuing fromjthe' pilot chambers. When lclinibing a hill or running faster-than ordinary or when pulling a heavy load the steam is admitted into' channel 29 to raise the pressure above the power of spring 37 and steamthen passes through pipe 39 and outof chamber 15. At 7 the same time and by the movement of lever 49 oil valve stopper is opened wider to ad-' mit more oil to chamber 11. A turn buckle 59 on link 55 can be used to regulate the oil valve stopper if desired.

By this construction it will be's'een'that 75 I 44 whichcarries rollers-45vand 46 between pilotburners operate but on extraordinary runnlngconditions all the burners operate together. It Will be further observed that 1 the supply; of-steam and oil is increased ,or

diminished by the operation of the single lever 49.

While I have described myflburner as using crude oil and steam as the fuel it is obvious that compressed air or other elastic fluid could be used in place of steam. Any

. otherhydrocarbonfuel can be used in place "f'of oil. I have slioWntWo pilot chambers,

oneat each side'o'fthemainchamber as I have "found that such construction produces excellent Fres'ults When the burner 1s used on 'a locomotive, but'it'is obvious that a single pilot burner poppet'i-ralve' on v the'main chamber as l'pl'e'fer that construcpilot burner could beused insteado t two "I have shown a regulatable the; supply ;pipe leading to i V 'tionb'ut itEis 'obviou sthat a manually operated valvecouldbe used instead of 'thepoppet valve.

l-laving described my-invention I claim: l. A hydrocarbon lburner comprising 'a head having a' plurality of independently 1 operable chambers therein, one of said cham- 'bersbeing 'amain-chamber; means to supplyhydrocarbon liquid into said chambers;

and means to "supplyan elastic fluid into said "chambers; afjpoppetvalve on the'fluid supply of] the main chamber -interi'n'ediate said chamberand-the supply means; and regulat- "supplyme'ans rises above a' predetermined able automatic controlmeans for said poppet valve, whereb when the pressure in; the

point saidpoppe't valve opens and the main chamber is thrown into operation;

"2'. 'A'hydrocarbon burner 'comprising a head havlng a plurality of independently operable chambers therein, one of said chambers being am'ain' chamber; meansto supply hydrocarbon liquid into said chambers; 'a

regulating valve on said supply means;

masses means to supply an. elastic fluid. into said chambers, each chamber receiving its supply through a branch from the main supply means; a regulating valve on said elastic fluid supply means; a regulating valve on the branch WlllCll leads to the main cham- ,ber;an operating lever; and connections ,ber intermediate the regulating valve and the chamber; means to supply a hydrocarbon fluid into said chambers; a regulating valve on said fuel supply means; an operating lever; and a connection'from the regulating valves toisaid lever fWl1ereby the supply of elastic fluid and hydrocarbon fluid are increased ordiminished by the movement of a single lever. Y

4:. A hydrocarbon burner comprising a head having a plurality of independently operable chambers therein; one of said chambers being a'main chamber; liquid supply m'eansleading to said head and opening into "each chamber elastic fluid means leading to said head and then branching,' a branch opening into each" ch-amber; regulating valves on said main supply means; anoperating lever connected to said valves; a valve on the branch 'to the main chamber; and

means to control said last valve.

In Witness that 'l claim the foregoingl have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day of August, 1921.

CHARLES R. KITTLE. 

